Can I Download Programs On A Chromebook
Sara Ruballos
Good question. Probably because so few people are working with chromebooks compared to those developers using computers with full hardware features. Chromebooks are relatively inexpensive because they lack a lot of the hardware and some software features of Windows and Mac computers. Originally, App Inventor did not run on chromebooks; MIT found a way because some schools started using them. Chromebook users are not alone; many Android operation versions where some things work but others do not. With a small staff, we cannot catch them all.
You might search these links and help other chromebook users. You could start a Things that do not work with Chromebook thread. Compile a list of things you are aware of that are issues; others can add issues too. Only a chromebook user can discover these issues. SpeechRecognizer (and SpeechToText too ?? ) seems to be features not available. When you and others discover issues; post them.
There are at least a couple of us in the preview group using the Linux client with Chromebooks. They ask us to restrict discussion of the Beta to just within the dedicated forum, but I don't think it's a problem to share that it's working very well. When the Linux client comes out of beta it should be an excellent solution for modern chromebooks.
I would like to create a google sheet with some automation using google apps script (e.g. checking text, displaying pop-up, changing tab...), with these functionnalities available on a small & cheap device such as tablet or small computer (chromebook...).
My question is: will my problems be solved if I buy a chromebook instead of an android tablet ?I never had one so I do not know if google apps script works the same on a chromebook as on a desktop computer.
You are the noblest of the noble running Linux. You don't want the despair of running a Windows OS on your finely minted machine. You don't want to sell your soul for a Windows license or squander away your hard drive shekels running a virtual machine. Dual-boot? I think not! But the heart wants what the heart wants. Thousands of Windows games and programs to run on your favorite Linux distro (Ubuntu, Mint, Fedora, Debian, RHEL and oh so many more). Oh the conundrum.
So you're a ChromeOS user, you say? You've taken the grand escape from a sluggish PC, but you want to use your Chromebook for more than email, social media and general internet. You want to run full featured Windows software. Impossible they said! Hold our beer. Introducing CrossOver ChromeOS! Run Windows programs that are not available in the Google Play store alongside mobile apps. Scrap remote sessions with multiple users. Run utility software like Quicken and Microsoft Office, or DirectX games, like Wizard101. And bonus: Games from your Steam library will run with CrossOver ChromeOS at native speeds. Roger that!
You are mixing up "developer mode" and "dev channel". There are three+1 channels for Chrome/Chromium: stable/beta/dev and canary.One can also set a chromebook in "developer mode". This gives the warning at boot time and allows the user to open a shell, set a root password etc.